Editing Martin County, Florida (section)

==Government==
Martin County is a non-chartered county and its form of government is prescribed by the Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes, as follows:

===Board of County Commissioners===
[[File:Tabebuia caraiba.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Tabebuia]] off Savanna Road in Jensen Beach. April 2010. Typical of such trees blooming throughout Martin county in the spring]]
The Board of County Commissioners is the legislative body of the county and has charge of all county executive  and administrative functions, except those assigned by the Constitution to independent county officers or to the independent school district. The board also has some quasi-judicial functions. Some of functions exercised by the board are county-wide, while others are applicable only in the unincorporated areas of the county, where the board has many of the functions of a municipality. The county commissioners are elected by county-wide vote, but each one represents a specific district.  The board appoints the county administrator who is responsible to it for the day-to-day operations of the county government.

===Constitutional officers===
The elected Constitutional officers are:
* Clerk (Clerk of Courts, County Clerk, etc.)<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the Clerk |url=https://www.martinclerk.com/185/Meet-the-Clerk |access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref>
* Property Appraiser<ref>{{cite web |title=Jenny Fields, CFA Martin County Property Appraiser |url=https://www.pa.martin.fl.us/our-office/meet-jenny |access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref>
* Sheriff
* Supervisor of Elections
* Tax Collector

===School district===
The independent [[Martin County School District]] has a board appointed superintendent of schools and an elected school board, with members listed on the Board Web site.<ref>{{cite web | title=School Board | website=MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT | url=https://www.martinschools.org/page/school-board-header | access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref> The school board is the legislative body of the district and also exercises quasi-judicial powers. School Board members are elected county-wide but each one represents a specific district.

===Electoral politics===
Martin County is a long-standing [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold, and {{As of|2024|lc=y}}, has not supported a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] for the White House since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944. 

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|64,121|33,539|1,136|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|61,168|36,893|881|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|53,204|30,185|3,244|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|48,183|30,107|747|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|44,143|33,508|871|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|41,362|30,208|883|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|33,972|26,621|1,423|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|28,522|20,855|5,279|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|24,800|14,802|13,582|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|31,279|11,488|316|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|28,900|8,978|9|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|20,521|8,087|1,546|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|11,682|8,785|289|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|11,296|2,946|88|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,179|2,580|2,471|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|4,292|3,621|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,701|2,664|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,997|1,387|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,308|1,262|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|948|815|351|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|530|960|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|596|1,018|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|327|778|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|379|825|0|Florida}}
{{PresFoot|1928|Republican|703|474|34|Florida}}

===Voter registration===
According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans make up a majority of registered voters in Martin County, followed by unaffiliated voters and Democrats.
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Martin County Voter Registration & Party Enrollment as of August 31, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voter Registration - By County and Party |url=https://dos.fl.gov/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916165010/https://dos.fl.gov/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/ |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |access-date=September 16, 2024 |website=Florida Division of Elections |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Political Party
! Total Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 61,186
| align = center | 53.11%
|-
| {{party color cell|No party (United States)}}
| No party affiliation 
| align = center | 25,107
| align = center | 21.79%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 24,974
| align = center | 21.68%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Minor parties 
| align = center | 3,936
| align = center | 3.42%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 115,203
! align = center | 100.00%
|}